WEBVTT >> GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO YOUR "SUNDAY GARDENER". WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT POLLINATORS. WE WANT TO HELP THE BEES. THEY HAVE HAD A ROUGH NUMBER OF YEARS BECAUSE OF DISEASE. SOMETHING IS KILLING THEM OFF OF. WE WANT TO BRING THEM BACK. >> WE PLANTED A PERENNIAL POLLINATOR GARDEN. YOU CAN SEE THE BEES LOVE IT. YOU WILL SEE DRAGONFLIES, BUTTERFLIES, HUMMINGBIRDS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS. >> WE HAVE AN ORANGE PLANT. >> THAT IS BUTTERFLY WEED, A SPECIFIC HOST TO THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY. WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PLANT THOSE. >> I ALSO SEE A THISTLE, WE DON’T USE WEED KILLERS. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A THIS OH? -- WITH A THISTLE? >> READ PULL -- WE PULL IT. >> THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY. >> THIS IS A GREAT PLANT FOR HUMMINGBIRDS. THEY LOVE THE TUBULAR FLOWER. THEY WILL GO TO TOWN ON THAT. >> THAT IS CONE FLOWER. IT HAS THE BADMINTON BIERDIE LOO TO IT. THIS PLANT BLOOMS FROM THE TOP DOWN. >> IT HASN’T BLOOMED YET? >> IT IS STARTING TO. YOU CAN SEE SOME THAT ARE FURTHER ALONG THAT ARE STARTING TO PUT OUT PUFFS OF COLOR. THE PEOPLE THAT DO FLOWER ARRANGING LOVE THIS PLANT. >> IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FROM JURASSIC PARK. WHAT ARE THE MASSIVE BLUE PLANTS? >> THAT IS CAT MINT. A LOT OF PEOPLE PLANT THIS AROUND THE VEGETABLE GARDEN TO BRING BEES IN. >> THE TALL PLANT WITH BIG LEAVES AND FLOWERS AT THE TOP? >> THAT IS ALSO IN THE MILKWEED FAMILY. >> THESE PLANTS ARE GORGEOUS. THEY ARE REALLY FLYING AS FAR AS HEALTH. WHAT YOU FERTILIZE THEM WITH? >> WITH PLANTONE OR A SLOW RELEASE FERTILIZER, BUT WE DON’T DO A LOT. A LOT IS TRYING TO KEEP THE WEEDS OUT WE DON’T USE A LOT OF MULCH BECAUSE WE WANT PLANTS TO RECEDE THEMSELVES AND HAVE A MORE NATURAL SETTING. >> THESE COME UP YEAR-TO-YEAR. HOW DO YOU START ONE LIKE THIS SO IT LOOKS THIS LUSH? >> THE FIRST YEAR THEY SLEEP, THE SECOND YEAR THEY CREEP, THE THIRD YEAR THEY EAT. A LOT OF THEM WILL BE OF THE THIRD EAR BEFORE YOU GET THIS BURST OF COLOR. . >> PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE. >> THE FIRST YEAR, PLANT SOME ANNUALS. >> GREAT IDEAS FOR A PERENNIAL GARDEN THAT HELPS THE BEES AND

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Updated: 4:14 PM EDT Jul 16, 2018

Valley View Farms shows how you can plant a garden to help with pollinators.

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Valley View Farms shows how you can plant a garden to help with pollinators.